[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H2489-H2490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WELCOMING REVEREND JOHANN CHRISTOPH ARNOLD

  (Mr. HINCHEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HINCHEY. Madam Speaker, it is my great pleasure and honor to 
introduce a dear friend of mine and a very respected member of our 
community, Johann Christoph Arnold, for his opening prayer as the guest 
chaplain of the House of Representatives today.
  Pastor Johann Christoph Arnold and his wife, Verena, are senior 
pastors of Church Communities International, an international movement 
that is dedicated to peace around the world. They work very diligently 
and very effectively with families, with individuals, with veterans, 
and a host of other people to bring them the kind of counseling and 
conciliation they need in many communities.
  Pastor Arnold and his wife, Verena, are the parents of eight children 
and 34 grandchildren. For over 35 years as family counselors, they have 
advised thousands of couples in our community and in many other places 
here in the United States and around the world. People have come to 
expect sound advice from this award-winning author, whose books have 
sold over 350,000 copies in English and have been translated into 19 
other languages.
  It is a great pleasure and an honor to have Johann Christoph Arnold, 
his wife, Verena, and other members of

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their community here with us this morning; and I thank him very much 
for his opening prayer.

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